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Menno Township, [[Mifflin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Mifflin County]], Pennyslvania, was named after [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno Simons]] by action of the court in 1837 because of the large number of Mennonite settlers in that vicinity. The township is six-and-a-half miles (10 km) long, extends from the summit of Jack's Mountain to the summit of Stone Mountain, and is bordered by Huntingdon County on the west and Union Township on the east.  
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Menno Township, [[Mifflin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Mifflin County]], Pennyslvania, was named after [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno Simons]] by action of the court in 1837 because of the large number of Mennonite settlers in that vicinity. The township is six-and-a-half miles (10 km) long, extends from the summit of Jack's Mountain to the summit of Stone Mountain, and is bordered by Huntingdon County on the west and Union Township on the east.  
  
 
See [[Mifflin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Mifflin County]]
 
See [[Mifflin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Mifflin County]]
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Menno Township, Mifflin County, Pennyslvania, was named after Menno Simons by action of the court in 1837 because of the large number of Mennonite settlers in that vicinity. The township is six-and-a-half miles (10 km) long, extends from the summit of Jack's Mountain to the summit of Stone Mountain, and is bordered by Huntingdon County on the west and Union Township on the east.

See Mifflin County


Author(s) John A Hostetler
Date Published 1957

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Hostetler, John A. "Menno Township (Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Menno_Township_(Mifflin_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=89641.

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Hostetler, John A. (1957). Menno Township (Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Menno_Township_(Mifflin_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=89641.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 585. All rights reserved.


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